End the autumn holiday with Family Day at Galleri F 15!
On the occasion of the exhibition 47th Tendenser. Kneaded. Shaped. Fired., we invite families with children to enjoy a range of activities and experiences centred around clay and ceramics.
In the exhibition, you will encounter performance artist Anja Bibby, who will create an improvised performance inspired by the sculptures she encounters as she moves through the gallery spaces. The performance will take place between 12:00 and 14:00. Feel free to drop in at any time during this period.
Artist and educator Anja Bjørshol will lead an open workshop in the F 15 Workshop, offering both individual clay-based activities and collaborative sculpture-making inspired by the artworks in the exhibition.
Together with Tendenser artist Wisam Al-Samad, children and young people aged 10-13 can participate in a ceramics workshop and create geometric dishes. Registration is required. Read more here.
11:00-13:00, Glasshytta
Ceramics workshop for ages 10-13. Registration required.
11:00-15:00, F 15 Workshop
Drop-in clay workshop.
12:00-14:00, Galleri F 15
Performance in the exhibition.
12:00-14:00, F 15 Workshop
Collaborative clay project.
Anja Bibby is a performing artist working across a wide range of genres and styles, including clowning, music, costume design, and costume production. She has a particular affinity for site-specific works and enjoys tailoring her performances to unique environments. With Bibby, you can never be entirely sure what will happen. Audience members have often remarked, “I have no idea what I just saw, but I loved it.”
Over ten years on Oslo’s theatre scene, she has developed a distinctive artistic voice characterised by a love of the absurd and a desire to make people laugh and think by revealing the stranger side of what it means to be a creative human being. Bibby’s philosophy is that embracing absurdity can lead to greater tolerance and acceptance of the many ways we express our humanity.
Wisam Al-Samad was born in Baghdad, Iraq, and lives and works in Askim, Norway. His ceramic practice encompasses sculptural installations and wall-based works that explore questions of identity, belonging, and cultural memory. Through material, form, and spatial composition, Al-Samad creates works that invite reflection on human experience in a contemporary context.
Drawing inspiration from a range of cultural references, his practice brings together personal history and broader social and artistic perspectives. Al-Samad has exhibited extensively in Norway and internationally, including in Portugal, Japan, China, Belgium, and the United States. Alongside his artistic practice, he is actively engaged in participatory and public art projects.
